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    Wild In The Country (1961)

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    This drama about Glenn Tyler – a rebellious backwoods delinquent on parole, who ends up going to college to become a great writer – represents an attempt to unveil Elvis Presley as a straight dramatic actor.

    He makes a respectable attempt but is not quite good enough, and has no help from an unconvincing plot and script.

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    In the course of the action (which goes on for too long) he is placed in his uncle’s care after getting in one fight too many, sent to psychiatrist Irene Sperry (Hope Lange), who discovers and nurtures his hidden writing talent and falls for him.

    Meanwhile, he is two-timing ladylike Betty Lee Parsons (Millie Perkins) and earthy Noreen (Tuesday Weld), and his reputation as a trouble-maker proves hard to overcome.

    Strangely, this unlikely piece is based on the true story of one Jesse Stuart, a Kentucky hillbilly who became a successful writer.

    Glenn Tyler
    Elvis Presley
    Irene Sperry
    Hope Lange
    Noreen
    Tuesday Weld
    Betty Lee Parsons
    Millie Perkins
    Davis
    Rafer Johnson
    Monica George
    Christina Crawford
    Phil Macy
    John Ireland
    Cliff Macy
    Gary Lockwood
    Judge Parker
    Jason Robards

    Director
    Philip Dunne

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